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Russell Coutts First in Decision 35 Catamarans at Lake Geneva
June 17, 2006 New Zealand skipper and America's Cup legend Russell Coutts crossed the finish
line of the 68th Geneva Bol d'Or Rolex shortly before 2100 to take line honours.
After some extraordinary close contact racing, keeping his crew of amateur doctors
on their toes right until the last breath of wind, Coutts narrowly beat Philippe
Cardis (Julius Baer), Loïck Peyron (Okalys) and Alain Gautier (Foncia.ch).
At the entrance to the 'petit lac', just 5 miles from the finish, there were
still four Decision 35 catamarans in the running for victory. From La Baule on
France's Atlantic coast, Loïck Peyron was the first to come within sight
of the line, driving hard down the French side of the lake under gennaker. At
that point, Russell Coutts and Philippe Cardis were on the other side of the
lake. Gybe after gybe, from wind pockets to wind holes, a different set of cards
was dealt over and over again, the advantage changing ever few yards. Rooted
to the helm, Coutts remained concentrated to the finish to ake victory on the
last gybe.
Team Cubra Libra Wins the 2006 Great Texas Catamaran Race
Team Cuba Libra wins the Great Texas Race.
It is amazing how fast these guys are! Congrats to John and Tiffany.
Leaving now for the road trip back to So Cal. Read More for full results.
--Connie
Final Day Report, Great Texas Catamaran Race 2006
June 17, 3:50pm - Team Chums I today gave up a lot of time helping Nautigear on the water after a rudder failure left them unable to manuver in this conditions well. I heard the Steve Piche said that the conditions today were rougher then ones he had on the Worrell. Team Chums I tried to assist them but was unable and stayed with them. At one point they sailed on further and made sure they kept them in site but then they pitchpoled. Team Chums returned to assist them and stayed with them the rest of the leg. More reflections later.. Connie
June 17, 3:30pm All teams are in... Team Cubra Libra hit the beach first on their Tiger, followed by TPR. Team Cubra Libra had a sizable lead on all the others. Team San Diego was the last to come in with a torn spinnaker and other boat problems after a violent pitchpole on the water. I herded up the Cats for a group shot and I will report more after the awards banquet tonight.
On a special note, we were all reminded today that all this racing is done on a big part for the fun and friendships. Steve Piche lost track of his daughter for way to long today and the guys formed a line in the water to search, the rest of us ran the beach. This is a big beach, goes on for miles, and everybody scattered to search. After about 15 min she was found quite a way down the beach and all was well. I think it shook us all and once again we are just are reminded that we are all one big family. Sail on... Connie
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